Commissioner Henry Howard Mrs. Colonel Carpenter
1926. No Edition Remarks. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with white and gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's name and pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with rubbing and a few heavy nicks along text block edge. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Slight splitting and insect damage to spine.